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The Entrepreneur And The Theory Of The Modern Corporation, Charles R.T. O'Kelley
The Entrepreneur And The Theory Of The Modern Corporation, Charles R.T. O'Kelley
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The foremost description of the classic entrepreneur, immediately prior to the Great Depression and now, was presented by Frank Knight in his seminal work, RISK, UNCERTAINTY, AND PROFIT. In this Article, I will explicate Knight's theory of the entrepreneur and show how it relates to both the Berle-Means Paradigm and the nexus-of-contracts theory of the corporation. My effort here is in part intellectual history and in part the tentative beginnings of a new positive account of the corporation. In the latter regard, this Article takes only the first step in what may prove a quite exhaustive effort to re-plow the …
A Slave's Marriage: Dowry Or Deposit, Alan Watson
A Slave's Marriage: Dowry Or Deposit, Alan Watson
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This articles examines the concept of dowry among marriage of slaves in ancient Rome.
The Evolution Of Law: The Roman System Of Contracts, Alan Watson
The Evolution Of Law: The Roman System Of Contracts, Alan Watson
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I have two aims in producing this paper. First, I wish to contribute to the general understanding of how and why law develops and explain the evolution of some very familiar legal institutions. Second, I wish to add to our knowledge of the history of Roman law, by producing a radically different view of the development of contracts, that is, I believe, both consistent with surviving textual data and plausible with regard to human behavior.